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• Kane, Elias Kent [original burial site]   b. June 7, 1794  d. December 12, 1835
  US Senator. A prominent figure in the early statehood of Illinois, which he represented in the US Senate from 1824 until his death in office. He is sometimes called "The Father of the Illinois Constitution". Kane was born in New York City, and graduated from Yale College in 1813. He briefly practiced law in Nashville before moving to Kaskaskia, Capital of the Illinois Territory, in 1814, and was almost immediately appointed a territorial judge. As a delegate to the first State Constitutional...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Kane Family Cemetery (Defunct), Randolph County, Illinois, USA
   

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